Author: Mike Janssen
Report: Pacifica board dismisses executive director after five months on the job
The board of directors of the Pacifica Foundation terminated Executive Director Summer Reese Thursday, according to an email sent early Friday by ...NPR to stock new mobile app by aiding stations on back end
NPR is preparing member stations to provide local news for the network’s new mobile app, slated for release by summer. NPR content chief ...NPR intends to keep two different clocks for newsmagazines
NPR has indicated that it’s unlikely to adopt an identical clock for its two flagship newsmagazines, a proposal put forward by station ...PubTV stations earn new revenues as ‘problem-solver’ for educators
At Vegas PBS and WHRO in Norfolk, Va., station leaders developed a “strategy of survival” that evolved into an innovative education-based ...WNET will return foundation grant for Pension Peril series
WNET will return a $3.5 million grant it received for a series of reports on public pensions after facing questions about the ...OPB asks WNET for “assurance” that funder didn’t influence Pension Peril
Oregon Public Broadcasting has asked New York’s WNET to demonstrate that no “improper influence” was exerted by the primary funder of its ...WNET responds to report on funding for pension series
New York’s WNET issued a statement responding to a PandoDaily article that scrutinized funding for its topical reporting series, The Pension Peril. In the article, published ...Thursday roundup: Flappy Bert takes to the air, WAMU host skis to work
• Less than a week after the maker of the wildly popular mobile game Flappy Bird announced he would pull the plug on his creation, Sesame ...Grad student teams up with Missouri’s KBIA to measure decibels in noisy city
The sensor-journalism project will allow for heat maps and other visualizations of noise levels in Columbia, Mo.Focus on collective impact highlights pubTV’s role as community convener
Stations work with local partners to identify challenges faced by their communities and to coordinate outreach. Our first in a series about ...PBS examines successes in public service among stations
As some local pubcasters have started to forge paths toward models of public service developed through their own strategic planning or in ...On the clock: Stations lobby NPR for changes to timing of newsmags
Public radio leaders are discussing how and whether NPR can give stations more freedom to reuse its newsmagazine segments and more opportunities ...In times of crisis, FM chips in smartphones will better serve public
Disasters strike every year in every corner of America. Hurricanes on the Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard, ice storms in the Midwest ...NPR names new v.p. for member partnership
NPR has promoted Gemma Hooley to v.p. for member partnership, succeeding Joyce MacDonald, who has been assigned new responsibilities in sponsorship and ...KPCC bolsters newsroom, Babes of NPR blogger joins pubradio, and more comings and goings in ...
Southern California Public Radio/KPCC in Los Angeles has bulked up its news department in recent months, adding eight staffers to its team ...
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